‘Inside Texas Politics’: Ted Cruz, Royce West, Bowie Hogg, and the Pushback to Proposed Federal Budget Cuts to NASA after Artemis II's success.

About this episode

The episode discusses proposed budget cuts to NASA, the Dallas Cowboys' funding, and updates on state contracts for minority-owned businesses.

In the April 19 episode, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pushes back against proposed budget cuts to NASA and argues that Iran will not be a forever war. On Tuesday, Arlington city council votes to spend $273-million dollars to keep the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T stadium through 2055. Council Member Bowie Hogg takes our questions on whether voters should get a say in it. And state Senator Royce West, D-Dallas, says his 1999 law to help minority- and women-owned state businesses get a cut of state contracts needs some tweaking - even as he defends it in court.

People in this episode

Guests: Ted Cruz, Royce West, Bowie Hogg

Topics covered

• NASA budget cuts
• Texas politics
• Dallas Cowboys
• state contracts
• minority-owned businesses

Keywords

• NASA
• Ted Cruz
• Royce West
• Bowie Hogg
• Dallas Cowboys
• budget cuts
• Texas politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Places: Texas, Arlington, Dallas

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